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How to make AI agents ask for approval before they act

Human-in-the-loop setups people run so agents prepare the work and a person approves anything that sends, posts or spends. 16 matching use cases below, each with a public source.

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Get started in 3 steps

  1. List the actions that are hard to undo (sending, posting, paying, deleting) and require an explicit approval for each one.
  2. Have the agent attach its evidence and the exact text or amount to every approval request so you can check it in seconds.
  3. Start with a small daily queue and only loosen approvals for actions that were right every time for weeks.

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